On the Construction, Organization and General Arrangements of Hospitals for the Insane is Dr. Kirkbride's treatise detailing guidelines for designing, constructing, and administrating asylum buildings. This is a transcription of the second edition, published in 1880, which contains revisions and additions to the original, published in 1854. The book is only available here in part. More chapters will be added from time to time until the entire work is posted. Images from the book will also be added later. To read the book, select a chapter from the contents menu at left.

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